Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC
ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being THE ALBRIGHT FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Arboretum Park Conservancy Inc does
Mission
A 24-acre enlargement of the arnold arboretum, a boston city park, was publicly announced on march 13, 1996 by the former mayor thomas m. Menino, the first enlargement of this park in 101 years. The organization is involved in protecting and enhancing public enjoyment in the arboretum lands.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In the past year, the arboretum park conservancy (apc) celebrated the new ada accessible arboretum road entrance and tupelo path block with a block party on july 19, 2025. Arnold arboretum partners and eight organizations had tables and engaged visitors about their contributions to getting this project done. The apc prepared two handouts explaining the mission of the arboretum park conservancy and ideas about future projects for extending the blackwell and tupelo paths and adding new entrances for underserved neighborhoods. The tupelo path now welcomes thousands of roslindale residents to the bussey brook meadow and connects to the south street gate, the blackwell path, the washington street gate, and the forest hills mbta station in jamaica plain.on april 25, 2026, the charles river watershed association and the arboretum park conservancy held a bussey brook meadow cleanup. Energetic volunteers removed invasive species in the oak woods near the south street entrance. On may 2, 2026, the apc hosted a bird walk.this spring, the apc matched funding from the boston parks access fund at the boston foundation for planting and watering eight oaks along the west side of the blackwell…
$6,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $29k to $37k (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
92% of ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $500.
From the IRS filings of ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC has grown faster than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being THE ALBRIGHT FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,500 in grants to ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- THE ALBRIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARBORETUM PARK CONSERVANCY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing